8-letter words containing sh
- novelish — (esp of a name or a person) characteristic of a novel; having qualities like those of a character or scene in a novel; fanciful; romantic
- nucflash — a report of highest precedence notifying the president, secretary of defense, or their deputies of an accidental or unauthorized nuclear-weapon launch or of a nuclear attack.
- numbfish — an electric ray, so called from its power of numbing its prey by means of electric shocks.
- nut dash — a dash equal in length to the width of an en quad; en dash.
- nutshell — the shell of a nut.
- o-shaped — resembling the rounded form of the letter O
- oafishly — In an oafish manner.
- oanshagh — a foolish girl or woman
- octopush — the game of underwater hockey, in which two teams attempt to push a weighted object along the floor of a swimming pool
- offshoot — a branch or lateral shoot from a main stem, as of a plant.
- offshore — off or away from the shore: They pushed the boat offshore.
- old shoe — a person or thing that is comfortably familiar and unpretentious: Uncle Will is a lovable old shoe.
- old-shoe — a person or thing that is comfortably familiar and unpretentious: Uncle Will is a lovable old shoe.
- on-shelf — On-shelf goods are available now and displayed for sale.
- one-shot — a magazine, brochure, or the like that is published only one time, with no subsequent issues intended, usually containing articles and photographs devoted to one topical subject.
- onrushes — Plural form of onrush.
- orangish — resembling or suggesting an orange, as in taste, appearance, or color: decorated with orangy-pink flowers.
- oreshoot — a rich concentration in an orebody.
- outblush — to blush more than or to exceed in rosy colour
- outflash — a brief, sudden burst of bright light: a flash of lightning.
- outflush — a burst of emotion
- outshame — to shame greatly or surpass in shamefulness
- outshine — to surpass in shining; shine more brightly than.
- outshone — to surpass in shining; shine more brightly than.
- outshoot — to surpass in shooting, as in accuracy or in number of shots made.
- outshout — to surpass (someone) in shouting; shout louder than.
- overfish — to fish (an area) excessively; to exhaust the supply of usable fish in (certain waters): Scientists are concerned that fishing boats may overfish our coastal waters.
- overlush — excessively lush
- overrash — too rash
- overshoe — a shoe or boot usually worn over another for protection in wet or cold weather, especially a waterproof outer shoe.
- overshot — driven over the top of, as by water passing over from above.
- overwash — the act of washing over something
- owlishly — resembling or characteristic of an owl: His thick glasses give him an owlish appearance.
- padishah — (often initial capital letter) great king; emperor (a title applied especially formerly to the shah of Iran, the sultan of Turkey, and to the British sovereign as emperor in India).
- papisher — a Roman Catholic
- parashah — a portion of the Torah chanted or read each week in the synagogue on the Sabbath.
- parishad — (in India) an assembly
- parishen — a parishioner
- pashadom — the office or territory of a pasha
- pashalik — the territory governed by a pasha.
- pashmina — a fabric or garment made from pashm, especially a shawl, wrap, or scarf.
- pawnshop — the shop of a pawnbroker, especially one where unredeemed items are displayed and sold.
- pearlash — commercial potassium carbonate.
- peatship — the state of being a peat
- peepshow — a display of objects or pictures viewed through a small opening that is usually fitted with a magnifying lens.
- perished — to die or be destroyed through violence, privation, etc.: to perish in an earthquake.
- perisher — mischievous person
- pershing — a 38-foot (12 meters) U.S. Army surface-to-surface nuclear missile with a single warhead and range of more than 1000 miles (1609 km).
- peshawar — a province in Pakistan, bordering Punjab and Kashmir on the west: a former province of British India. 28,773 sq. mi. (77,516 sq. km). Capital: Peshawar.
- peshitta — the principal Syriac version of the Bible.